| Year: | 2005 |
| Conference: | Big 12 |
| Division: | I |
| Gender: | Men's |
| Teams: | 12 |
| Arena: | Kemper Arena |
| City: | Kansas City, Missouri |
| Titlecount: | 2nd |
| Coach: | Eddie Sutton |
| Coachcount: | 2nd |
| Mvp: | Joey Graham |
| Mvpteam: | Oklahoma State |
| Attendance: | 109,608 (overall) 18,268 (championship) |
| Topscorer: | Joey Graham |
| Topscorerteam: | Oklahoma State |
| Points: | 65 |
| Television: | ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU |
The 2005 Big 12 men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Big 12 Conference. It was played from March 10 to 13 in Kansas City, Missouri at Kemper Arena. won the tournament for the 2nd time and received the conference's automatic bid to the 2005 NCAA tournament.[1]
The Tournament consisted of a 12 team single-elimination tournament with the top 4 seeds receiving a bye.
| 2005 Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament seeds | ||||||||||
| Seed | School | Conf. | Over. | Tiebreaker | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oklahoma ‡# | 12–4 | 25–8 | |||||||
| 2 | Kansas c# | 12–4 | 23–7 | |||||||
| 3 | # | 11–5 | 26–7 | |||||||
| 4 | Texas Tech # | 10–6 | 22–11 | |||||||
| 5 | 9–7 | 19–12 | ||||||||
| 6 | 9–7 | 20–11 | ||||||||
| 7 | 8–8 | 21–10 | ||||||||
| 8 | 7–9 | 16–17 | ||||||||
| 9 | 7–9 | 14–14 | ||||||||
| 10 | 6–10 | 17–12 | ||||||||
| 11 | 4–12 | 14–16 | ||||||||
| 12 | 1–15 | 9–19 | ||||||||
| ‡ – Big 12 Conference regular season champions, and tournament No. 1 seed. c – Big 12 Conference regular season co-champion, not tournament No. 1 seed. # – Received a single-bye in the conference tournament. Overall records include all games played in the Big 12 Conference tournament. | ||||||||||
| Session | Game | Time | Matchup | Television | Attendance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Round – Thursday, March 10 | ||||||
| 1 | 1 | 11:30 am |
| ESPNU | 18,268 | |
| 2 | 2:00 pm |
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| 2 | 3 | 6:00 pm |
| 18,268 | ||
| 5 | 11:30 am |
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| Quarterfinals – Friday, March 11 | ||||||
| 3 | 5 | 11:30 am |
| ESPNU | 18,268 | |
| 6 | 2:00 pm |
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| 4 | 7 | 6:00 pm |
| 18,268 | ||
| 8 | 8:20 pm |
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| Semifinals – Saturday, March 12 | ||||||
| 5 | 9 | 1:00 pm |
| ESPN2 | 18,268 | |
| 10 | 3:20 pm |
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| Final – Sunday, March 13 | ||||||
| 6 | 11 | 2:00 pm |
| ESPN | 18,268 | |
| Game times in CT. #-Rankings denote tournament seed[2] [3] | ||||||
Most Outstanding Player – Joey Graham, Oklahoma State[1]
| Player | Team | Position | Class | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joey Graham | Oklahoma State | Sr. | F | |
| John Lucas | Oklahoma State | Sr. | G | |
| Linas Kleiza | Missouri | So. | F | |
| Wayne Simien | Kansas | Sr. | F | |
| Ronald Ross | Texas Tech | Sr. | G |